But how can I just let someone rip it all up….I raised my boys on these kitchen counter!

I've cooked and baked with my grandchildren on it.

But whether I keep the tile or not, they aren't coming home.

They will never be like this again. Tile or not.

So it's gotta go.

I had this one friend years ago….whenever they would sell one of their cars,

she would sit in it, close the doors and just talk to it. At least I don't do that.

Looking around on blogs for ideas on what we wanted to do with our kitchen, I found this sweet story in one of the comments:

This reminds me of the time my friend's husband decided to remodel the kitchen while she was in the hospital. They already had everything "picked", but just hadn't gotten the time to execute their plan. So as she spends 6 days in the hospital recovering from a double mastectomy, he gathers 10 of his closest handy friends to remodel. Sounds like a lovely plan right? It was. Except when she got home, the green/purple vineyard accent tiles she chose (yuck, but I won't go there) were ALL INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN. The grapes were "hanging" up. LOL!

But what do you do when your husband and his friends go out of their way to make such a lovely gesture? She kept the tiles up.

My sweet friend has since passed on from her third battle with breast cancer, but her family has left the tiles as is for now. It's a reminder of the grace she gave to her husband with his sweet heart. (But I think as soon as they ever decide to sell the house, another remodel will probably solve it as a resale issue. Ha!)

No. We will eventually go out some, but I boiled some eggs and browned some meat before I lost the kitchen. I also have crockpots, my Vita Mix and our food chopper lined up in my laundry room so I'm able to make some simple meals. So far it's an adventure and we're having fun.

No Richard, we don't eat it like that. Today I took those eggs and we had egg salad sandwiches. I can make soup in the crockpot with the meat already browned and ready to go. Forget it, this is too complicated for you.

"Charity is accepting someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn't handle something the way we might have hoped...The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people..."-Marvin J. Ashton